The Vasyugan () is a river in the southern
West Siberian Plain
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of
Russia
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. It is a
tributary
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of the
Ob on the left side, and its course from its source in the
Vasyugan Swamp is entirely within the
Kargasok district of
Tomsk Oblast
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.
Statistics
The river is long
and is navigable upriver for from the
mouth
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. The Vasyugan drains a
basin of .
[ Average annual runoff: 345 m3/c, 10.9 km3/year.
Tributaries:
* Right hand: Yelizarovka, Petryak, Yershovka, Kalganak, Pyonorovka, Nyurolka, Zimnyaya, Chizhapka, Pasil, Silga, Naushka, Kochebilovka, Lozunga.
* Left hand: Bolshoy Petryak, Listvenka, Korovya, Staritsa, Garchak, Kyn, Glukhaya, Chertala, Yagylyakh, Yegolyakh, Olenyovka, Kelvat, Lontynyakh, Katylga, Cheremshanka, Prudovaya, Makhnya, Martynovka, Varingyogan, Yokhomyakh, Chebachya, Kacharma, Malaya Kuletka.
Municipalities (downstream from source): Novy Vasyugan, Aypolovo, Novy Tevriz, Sredny Vasyugan, Staraya Beryozovka, Ust-Chizhapka, Naunak, Bolshaya Griva, Staroyugino, Novoyugino, Bondarka.
]
See also
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References
Literature
* Evseeva NS Geography of Tomsk region. (Natural conditions and resources). - Tomsk: TSU, 2001, 223 pp.
Rivers of Tomsk Oblast
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